Vol II - (4), 436 pages. Folio [39 by 27.5 cm], later matching linen; tan spine labels, lettered in black. Near fine. Published in two parts at different times, and are frequently encountered separated. Babelon 165: “This renowned coin cabinet had been created in the eighteenth century from the ancient Portici collection which, in 1787, contained 4,317 coins; the collections of Capodimonte, Farnese, Carafa, and the Duke de Noia were then added to it. These ancient series, even after the wars of the early nineteenth century, still comprise some 20,939 coins, and now include the Borgia and Poli collections, and those of King François I, Monteoliveto, and Arditi. Fiorelli’s catalogue of the Greek collection numbered 10,452 examples; the Roman series, comprising 16,185 coins, consists of the medal cabinet catalogued at an earlier date by Pedrusi and Piovene, together with coins recovered from the excavations at Pompei.” Fiorelli (1823–1896) served as the first director of archaeology at Pompeii and did much to preserve the integrity of the site. Clain-Stefanelli 1894. Daehn 1865. For the Santangelo collection housed at Naples, see the listing in this section under Santangelo.

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